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So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having
1scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
Jesus Is Mocked
16 2And the soldiers led him away inside
3the palace (that is,
4the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole
5battalion.
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And they clothed him in
6a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
18
And they began to salute him,
7“Hail, King of the Jews! ”
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And they were striking his head with a reed and
8spitting on him and
9kneeling down in homage to him.
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And when they had
10mocked him, they stripped him of
11the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they
12led him out to crucify him.
The Crucifixion
21 13And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.